Day 45 - February 14, 2010

Working with glass.

First we clean the glass, and next trace our pattern piece onto the glass. Using a glass cutter, cut the lines of the pattern as traced, and break the excess glass using a special plier. The edges are smoothed using a glass grinder. Place the glass onto the mold into which it will be "slumped" to form a sushi dish.










Approximately 20 minutes and 1400 degrees later we have a sushi dish ready for use.
The last picture represents
"before" and "after".

Day 44 - February 13, 2010

Valentine's Day Tag

Day 43 - February 12, 2010

Brooklynn's Valentine's Day Treat Bag!

Sunday is Valentine's Day and we need a Treatbag for Brooklynn - she is getting Cooking Mama 3 - Shop & Chop and this will make a nice gift bag.

Day 42 - February 11, 2010

Simple Rubber Stamping on handmade paper

Day 41 – February 10, 2010
Valentine’s Day Treatbags

Supplies used:

Red and Pink felt
Sizzix Die Cutter
Sizzix Heart Die
Sewing machine
Thread
Pink Ribbon

Comments:

The Treat Bags are done! All 23 of them! Now they are filled with Air Heads and Kit Kats, along with Bubbles. All that needs to happen now is for them to be passed out to classmates in school tomorrow (?!..snow pending!).

Day 40 - February 9, 2010

Oh, Happy Day!

Supplies:

Paper plate
Construction Paper
Glue
Crayons
Imagination

Day 39 - February 8, 2010

Self promotion

Supplies:

Yudu

220 Screen

Glow in the dark ink

Comments:

A little bit of self promotion. Visable 24 hours a day - or so we want to believe.

Day 38 - February 7, 2010

The Big Reveal

Yesterday was firing day. Actually the special glass was "slumped" onto a mold. Here we have the small sushi dish:

Day 37 – February 6, 2010

Working with hot glass

Supplies used:

Paragon Quikfire ® Kiln
Various glass
Small mold
Teardrop mold
Shelf
Kiln shelf wash
Haik brush
Safety glasses

Comments:

This project requires an adult. While kids and teens can assemble the project, an adult must operate the kiln as it can reach temperatures of 2000°F. The manufacturer’s instructions for the kiln are to be followed.

We have some ideas for Christmas and are experimenting with slumping glass into molds. It will take several hours for the glass/molds to reach room temperature so we have something to look forward to in the morning.

Day 36 - February 5, 2010

Supplies used:

Pink cardstock
Black Dye Ink
Tulip Rubber Stamp

Comments:

The snow is on its way and we are thinking about the flowers of spring!

Day 35 – February 4, 2010
Happy Easter Card

Supplies used:

Yellow cardstock
Jolee's Easter stickers

Comments:

This simple Easter card was created by first cutting out a rectangle from yellow cardstock. Next the cardstock was scored and folded in half. Using the Jolee stickers, we placed ""Happy Easter" on the outside of the card along with a few "egg" stickers.

Day 34 – February 3, 2010
Mosaic Picture Frame

Supplies used:

Wood picture frame
Primer
Leaf tiles
Square tiles
Glue
Grout

Comments:

A very simple mosaic picture frame. A wood frame was primed first and then tiles were glued on to it in a random fashion. After the glue set grout was applied to the frame.

Day 33 – February 2, 2010
Valentine’s Day Prototype

Supplies used:

Red and Pink felt
Sizzix Die Cutter
Sizzix Heart Die
Sewing machine
Thread
Pink Ribbon

Comments:

We have finalized the Valentine’s Day Treat Bag prototype. This is the design we are going to use – two 6x6 squares, one panel 18 inches long and 3.5 inches wide, and two pieces of ribbon to create a handle on each side of the Treat Bag. So far, so good!

Day 32 - February 1, 2010

Learning Fair Day

Today was the Learning Fair. Our project contained bridges.